Xianxia Online Chapter 24 Devouring Qi

"What the… this is…"

Cobra looked around in awe at the scenery around him—a purple landscape all over. A purple sea, a purple sky, and a white full moon. Clearly, this was not normal—it was a mutated variant.

"… The Devil's knowledge sea?"

"You noticed. Well done."

"Wha-?!"

Cobra suddenly turned around only to see Xuan floating there, a slight smile on his face. His body, however, extruded an imnsely powerful aura, enough to make Cobra gulp in fear and emit cold sweat from his forehead. Xuan looked like a god in this realm despite the horrible shape his physical body was in, which shouldn't be possible.

That was all it took for him to realize what had happened, and how horribly he'd fallen for Xuan's trap.

"You… how is your Soul still this powerful?! Your physical body should be dead! I stabbed your heart… cut off both your hands… not to ntion the deadly poison on my blades… how?!"

"You're right. My physical body should be dead and my Soul should be reduced to a single wisp… that is, if my body was normal. Didn't you notice when you cut with your armblade? Was that really the feeling of cutting flesh? You should know that feeling very well as a hired assassin, shouldn't you?" Xuan laughed.

"…"

Cobra fell into thought, considering Xuan's words. He recalled the mont his armblade entered Xuan's body, and the mont he pulled it out. And now that he really thought about it… it really wasn't exactly the feeling of flesh.

It felt almost ethereal, like Xuan's body was made out of energy—of Qi—rather than blood and flesh. Cobra was baffled—he'd never seen sothing like this before. Was it a secret physique he didn't know about, or was it simply so special secret art that Xuan cultivated? Either way, it now made sense—no wonder Cobra's cuts weren't enough to kill him. If his body was made of ethereal energy, what good would a materialistic sword strike do?

'… No. I have to get out of here!'

Realizing he'd lost, Cobra quickly turned around with grit teeth and attempted to flee, but Xuan only chuckled.

"Trying to run? Too bad, too bad…"

With a snap of his fingers, a vortex suddenly opened in front of Cobra, sucking him in.

"Wha- agh- AHHH!"

With a scream of both rage and fear, the leader of the Four Serpents disappeared for good, and a notification appeared before Xuan.